According to a New York state regulator, recreational marijuana sales are expected to start by fall.
The head of the state’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB), Tremaine Wright, told a public forum on Saturday that adult-use cannabis products from growers with conditional licenses will be on retail store shelves in the autumn, said The (Syracuse) Post-Standard.
Wright also is chair of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM).
It was earlier this month that state regulators issued the first round of recreational cannabis cultivation licenses to 52 local hemp farmers.
Wright also said conditional dispensary license holders will be eligible to receive loans with interest instead of interest-free loans or grants.
The state Cannabis Control Board has issued the first licenses to 52 local farmers to grow marijuana for adult recreational use.
The cannabis grown by farmers or “cultivators” awarded licenses last week which will feed the first products sold at legal cannabis retail stores later this year, according to the board.
“It’s a very big deal. I’m happy the license went to a small farm like ours,” said Brian Andoos, co-partner with Mark Carroll of Route 27 Hempyard in Center Moriches in Long Island’s East End.
The Route 27 farm currently grows hops for beer and hemp.
“We’ll bring in more employees. It will be good for all,” Andoos said.
